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IGN Acquires Humble Bundle

posted by martyb on Saturday October 14 2017, @05:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the making-a-bundle dept.

takyon writes:

IGN, a game and entertainment media company, has acquired Humble Bundle, a distributor of video games that raises money for charities:

Media giant IGN announced today that it has acquired Humble Bundle, the company best known for selling packs of indie games at pay-what-you-want prices. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

This is potentially a big deal for game developers, since Humble has expanded beyond its bundling business to publish games, pay devs to make games for its subscription-based monthly game club, maintain a subscription-based online game trove, and operate an online game storefront.

However, a press release confirming the deal also noted that Humble will continue to operate independently in the wake of the acquisition, with no significant business or staffing changes. It will have some degree of support from IGN (which is itself owned by digital media giant J2 Global), specifically in terms of accelerating growth and raising more money for charity.

I think I stopped using Humble Bundle when they started removing the Electronic Frontier Foundation as a charity option for some bundles.

Also at VentureBeat and Humble Mumble (official blog).

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday October 15 2017, @12:41AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday October 15 2017, @12:41AM (#582451) Journal

    Here's the long ass list of bundles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Humble_Bundles [wikipedia.org]

    You'll see the first ones had EFF and Child's Play, then they would sometimes switch out EFF for something else like American Red Cross. Monthly bundles from 2015-now have had single charities (AFAICT). Charity: Water is in there a lot lately too.

    One of their FAQs has this:

    https://support.humblebundle.com/hc/en-us/articles/204527298-Top-20-FAQ [humblebundle.com]

    How can I choose a charity to support in the Humble Store?

    We feature Choose Your Own Charity in the Humble Store to allow our customers to select from any charity registered through the PayPal Giving Fund! When checking out of the Humble Store, you will have a drop-down menu containing a list of available charities. Simply scroll through the list until you find the desired charity to which you wish to donate. For more information please see our help article here.

    What is Humble Store? Their attempt to sell games 24/7 without the limited time bundle concept?

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